(23-07-19, 12:03 PM)fazersharp link Wrote: And another thing - if I am approaching from the left of the picture and turning right as I go around the paint other cars behind me and going in the same direction as me cut the roundabout out and seem to get angry with me for going around it and so remain right up my arse the whole distance of the remaining street.
I've had this a few times and it's right intimidating :eek you're scared to brake to sharply 'cause without a doubt they'll ram you and then probably smash the bike up afterwards and you with it! nasty foccers :finger
never look down on anyone unless you're helping them up.
(23-07-19, 12:03 PM)fazersharp link Wrote: And another thing - if I am approaching from the left of the picture and turning right as I go around the paint other cars behind me and going in the same direction as me cut the roundabout out and seem to get angry with me for going around it and so remain right up my arse the whole distance of the remaining street.
We must have vastly different riding styles as one thing that has never been an issue for me on a motorbike is a car being too close behind me, it's the fuckers in front holding me up that are my issue :rollin
(23-07-19, 07:38 PM)Dudeofrude link Wrote: [quote author=fazersharp link=topic=17546.msg300828#msg300828 date=1563879790]
And another thing - if I am approaching from the left of the picture and turning right as I go around the paint other cars behind me and going in the same direction as me cut the roundabout out and seem to get angry with me for going around it and so remain right up my arse the whole distance of the remaining street.
We must have vastly different riding styles as one thing that has never been an issue for me on a motorbike is a car being too close behind me, it's the fuckers in front holding me up that are my issue :rollin
[/quote]Should of made it clear that I was referring to when I am in the car
I don't do rain or threat there of. dry rider only with no shame.
(19-07-19, 04:54 PM)Freck link Wrote: Mini roundabouts are the worst, many cars don’t even slow down at all on the approach as they think they’ve got right of way and can just carry on without giving way to anyone.
Three rules of riding:
1) Don't assume they've seen you.
2) Don't assume they'll respect your priority.
3) Do assume they'll do something stupid.
There's no point in thinking "I was in the right!" as you're flying through the air, because it won't make it hurt any less when you hit the ground
There's some crazy bastards out there and if they're on the gear they won't think twice about wiping you out and fucking off,chances are the cars nicked anyway,no, I try not to upset anyone now,round by us half of 'em are fucking nutters and the other half are in the nick :lol
never look down on anyone unless you're helping them up.
(23-07-19, 07:38 PM)Dudeofrude link Wrote: [quote author=fazersharp link=topic=17546.msg300828#msg300828 date=1563879790]
And another thing - if I am approaching from the left of the picture and turning right as I go around the paint other cars behind me and going in the same direction as me cut the roundabout out and seem to get angry with me for going around it and so remain right up my arse the whole distance of the remaining street.
We must have vastly different riding styles as one thing that has never been an issue for me on a motorbike is a car being too close behind me, it's the fuckers in front holding me up that are my issue :rollin
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Really? I can't stand it, and find that it is almost guaranteed to happen to me on the way to work on a Monday morning, and it also really pisses me off as i use a couple of roads with speed bumps and again cars tend to handle them better so end up tailgating me in angry frustration.
I'm of the belief that if you're that stupid to drive that close to me then if i really do need to slam the brakes on for whatever reason then they simply won't be competent enough to stop in time.
Plus you'll get the real arsewipes who'll tailgate you in really bad weather when you can barely see what's in front of you, it's just bad manners, arrogance and a lot of the time deliberate to be intimidating.
More people are born because of alcohol than will ever die from it.
Don't get me started on speed bumps, when in the car I HAVE to go down a particular street that has them - I have no choice but that same street is used as a rat run and a short cut (which is why the bumps were put there in the first place)
Every day I have to go over them and I don't want my car suspension knackered so I go over them slowly and every time I get people right up my arse cause they are using the rat run / company car / tractor waggon / shitty car. We come to the end and I turn right and they straight on and I hear the wheels screech in frustration as they speed off.
My advice to you is if you don't like me going slow over the speed bums FOCING go around and don't use the rat run.
I don't do rain or threat there of. dry rider only with no shame.
And couldn't agree more about the so called 'celebrity' BS that's spewed out of the tv sets and today's youth. Between that and social media 'influencers' I'd say they have very few good role models to base themselves off.
Having all this 50th anniversary of the moon landing stuff going on just highlights how much society has changed.
Back then kids looked up to extraordinary people. People with skill and dignity, they aspired to be great and reach for the stars..... now days they look up to gender confused sados that have the highest score on a video game or the most likes on a picture of their toast ??
RESCUED. Over used word, like many in the English language these days. Celebrity, Legend, Star etc etc. Rescued? Two dozen kids stuck a mile underground, yes. Sailors pulled from a sinking ship in a gale, yes. People held hostage against their will by crackpot religious fanatics, yes. People asked to get off a train which has broken down and onto another one which has been readily provided? For fucks sake!!!
(26-07-19, 12:03 PM)agricola link Wrote: RESCUED. Over used word, like many in the English language these days. Celebrity, Legend, Star etc etc. Rescued? Two dozen kids stuck a mile underground, yes. Sailors pulled from a sinking ship in a gale, yes. People held hostage against their will by crackpot religious fanatics, yes. People asked to get off a train which has broken down and onto another one which has been readily provided? For fucks sake!!!
Yet again, I just received another phone call by some dipshit telling me I've been involved in a car accident.
Who in their right mind would advise someone to say that to a random person on the phone, it's just sick and twisted? :grumble
More people are born because of alcohol than will ever die from it.
What gets my goat is that global warming doesn't happen when the weather is cold and raining - or at least the global warming believers only come out when its hot and point to the sky shouting see-- see.There was so much pressure placed on breaking the UK record it looks like they are doing a recount because it failed to beet 2003 :rolleyes .
I don't do rain or threat there of. dry rider only with no shame.
I think you will find that 'weather' and 'climate' are two different things :rolleyes
In fact climate change leads to increased rainfall, not less.
The newspapers don't seem to understand that
We have just recorded the highest ever temperature recorded in the UK. 38.7 degrees at Cambridge University's Botanic Gardens. That temperature has to be verified by the Met Office.
The 8 hottest years globally, since records began, have occurred in the last ten years.
At the end of the day if you keep increasingly the concentration of co2 in the atmosphere, then you will get temperature rises.
Oh global warming will see increased rainfall in the UK, and in particular more flash flodding.
Once again, all the predictions are coming true, but still there is little sign of any willingness to change.
When you meet people you haven't seen for 10years or so and because they're stuck in there mundane existence they take great delite in remarking "getting a bit old for that caper now aren't you,?about time you grew up, you're not 16 anymore" FUCK OFF :finger go back to your firms tin box and regulation bullshit and leave us alone to enjoy one of the few pleasures left,Moron. :foc
never look down on anyone unless you're helping them up.
